Police initially began investigating Flores about a month ago after they received a tip that he was selling dugs out of his 640 Worcester Road apartment, Burris said.

During the probe, police arranged several controlled drug purchases using an informant. On Wednesday, police arrested Flores after they saw him sells drugs on the street.

"They (the officers) told the defendant they were going to be searching his apartment for drugs, and he physically began shaking and trembling and became teary-eyed," Burris said.

Police went to the apartment where Flores' girlfriend told them she knew Flores sold drugs and that he kept the heroin in a light fixture over the stove. There, they found 12 bags of heroin.

"The defendant said any drugs in the apartment were his," Burris said.

While speaking to the girlfriend, she offered to help police, the prosecutor said. She offered to arrange to buy heroin from Rosado, whom she said supplied Flores.

According to a police report filed in court, the woman called Rosado, known as "El Duro," (the Hard One). Officers then went to Rosado's 16 Freeman St., apartment, and an apartment at 376 Hollis St., where he was known to often be, to put him under surveillance.

Officers followed Rosado when he left the Hollis Street apartment. After he sold $240 worth of heroin to Flores' girlfriend, police arrested him, Burris said.

Police searched both apartments and found nothing at 16 Freeman St. In the Hollis Street apartment, police found a box hidden under a rug in a closet. In the box were two fake shaving cream cannisters, which were actually used to hide drugs. One of the cannisters contained 41.5 grams of heroin and in the other they found 22.5 grams of cocaine, Burris said.

Police charged Rosado with trafficking in heroin, trafficking in cocaine and distributing heroin. Police charged Flores with possession of heroin with intent to distribute.

Burris asked Judge Douglas Stoddart to hold both Rosado and Flores on $50,000 bail. Although Rosado does not have a criminal record, Burris argued that Rosado faces several years in prison if convicted.

Flores, Burris said, was convicted last December of possession of heroin with intent to distribute and is on probation and is now facing six months in jail because he had a suspended sentence. In addition, he has an open gun possession charge. Burris asked the judge to revoke the bail on the gun charge.

Also, the probation department requested that Flores be held without bail pending a probation detainer hearing for violating the terms of his probation.

Page 2 of 2 - Stoddart set Rosado's bail at $14,000. The judge also set Flores' bail at $11,000, but ordered him held without bail on both the open gun charge and for the possible probation violation.

Both men are due back in court on Sept. 11 for a pretrial conference.

Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com. For up-to-date crime news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter @Norman_MillerMW.